What made the original Mac great wasn’t its point-and-click GUI interface, the apps it could run, its speed or anything like that. Mac was great because it was designed for humans.

You knew you were in for a good experience the moment you turned a Mac on, as the system actually welcomed you with "Welcome to Macintosh", followed by a "Happy Mac" face as the environment was loading. Computers simply didn’t do that before Mac.

Additionally, compared to other computers of the time, the Mac provided you with a true business-class computer that treated you like a person rather than just another user. Aesthetically speaking, the Mac just ‘felt right’ both in and out.

Something not mentioned too often in computer history is that Mac users really, really didn’t want to give the original Mac up. The original was the design they loved more than any other. While the later iMac was better in every way, many Mac users felt it didn’t have the magic that made owning a Mac so great.

If you’ve ever sat down and used one of the original ‘duffle bag’ Macs (because the whole computer could fit in a duffle bag), you do wish that the little 9-inch screened computer could be used in modern computing today.

The original Mac is arguably the last computer ever made that didn’t intimidate the user.

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You are so…so right about Macintosh. Great things come when great minds work behind them and that greatness for Mac was Steve Jobs. He managed to instill his spirit and innovations in every product launched which made them last for so long and loved forever.